Where to live in Bern with a family

Ranking of Bern's 48 areas with CityPulse's “Family” profile. What matters most: public green space, playgrounds on foot, tree canopy, services on foot and protected cycle lanes. Preferred density: medium.

What is the best area of Bern to live in with a family?

According to CityPulse: Kirchenfeld (96), Dalmazi (95) and Weissenbühl (94).

Bern areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Kirchenfeld	96 · excellent	Public green space
2	Dalmazi	95 · excellent	Public green space
3	Weissenbühl	94 · excellent	Public green space
4	Schosshalde	93 · excellent	Public green space
5	Marzili	92 · excellent	Public green space
6	Holligen	91 · excellent	Public green space
7	Weisses Quartier	91 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
8	Gryphenhübeli	90 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
9	Unders Galgefeld	90 · excellent	Public green space
10	Muesmatt	90 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
11	Mattenhof	89 · excellent	Public green space
12	Brunnadern	89 · excellent	Public green space
13	Beundenfeld	88 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
14	Stöckacker	88 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
15	Monbijou	88 · excellent	Public green space
16	Bethlehemacker	87 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
17	Weissenstein	87 · excellent	Public green space
18	Matte	87 · excellent	Public green space
19	Breitfeld	86 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
20	Neufeld	82 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
21	Engeried	81 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
22	Rossfeld	81 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
23	Altes Bethlehem	80 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
24	Wyler	78 · good	Playgrounds on foot
25	Breitenrain	77 · good	Playgrounds on foot
26	Stadtbach	76 · good	Playgrounds on foot
27	Vordere Rehhag	76 · good	Playgrounds on foot
28	Untermatt	76 · good	Tree canopy
29	Felsenau	75 · good	Playgrounds on foot
30	Spitalacker	75 · good	Playgrounds on foot
31	Tiefenau	73 · good	Playgrounds on foot
32	Ackerli	72 · good	Playgrounds on foot
33	Gelbes Quartier	72 · good	Services on foot
34	Burgfeld	71 · good	Public green space
35	Länggasse	70 · good	Playgrounds on foot
36	Bümpliz Dorf	68 · good	Playgrounds on foot
37	Hohliebe	61 · good	Playgrounds on foot
38	Wittigkofen	60 · good	Public green space
39	Eymatt	59 · fair	Public green space
40	Lorraine	55 · fair	Playgrounds on foot
41	Murifeld	55 · fair	Public green space
42	Holenacker	55 · fair	Playgrounds on foot
43	Kleefeld	55 · fair	Playgrounds on foot
44	Altenberg	54 · fair	Playgrounds on foot
45	Bümpliz	53 · fair	Playgrounds on foot
46	Rotes Quartier	53 · fair	Playgrounds on foot
47	Brünnen	51 · fair	Playgrounds on foot
48	Oberbottigen	13 · poor	Playgrounds on foot

What it does not consider

The ranking does not account for rents and house prices, noise, safety, or distance from university or work. Use it to decide where to look, then check the individual address.

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Areas are named after OpenStreetMap neighbourhoods and have approximate boundaries: each hexagon goes to the nearest name. Values are residents' medians. Data updated on 2026-11-06. Method and sources